Thickness constraints on the icy shells of the galilean satellites from a comparison of crater shapes

Nature

Volumn 417, Issue 6887, 2002, Pages 419-421

  Schenk, Paul M ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DUCTILITY; ICE; MOON; OCEAN STRUCTURES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CRATERS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CALLISTO; CRATER; EUROPA; GANYMEDE; GEOMETRY; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; MOON; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THICKNESS;

CALLISTO;

EID: 0037161829     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/417419a     Document Type: Article

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